Some of the most significant (and valuable) discoveries have been made accidentally in people's own backyards, basements and attics. Not every treasure hunter has to leave home to excavate history. Although Bailey originally believed the loot to be of Spanish or colonial Massachusetts origin, research revealed it was from 17th century Yemen. The discovery of these coins hints that Every made a pitstop in America. Jim Bailey found the coins using a metal detector in Middletown, Rhode island.įor 400 years, historians have pondered the escape route of pirate Captain Henry Every after his capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai, a ship belonging to an Indian emperor carrying gold and silver from Mecca. A centuries-old mystery may be solved soon, thanks to some old-time pirate booty recently unearthed by an amateur historian.
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